AI Data Centers Are Hungry for Metal. One Fund Is Betting on Recyclers
Closed Loop Capital's Tazia Smith says AI's appetite for copper and aluminum is a permanent shift, and repair firms like Moog turn data center components into margin savings.
Topic
Circular Economy
Topic
Circular Economy
Sachin Tendulkar backs Recykal as deal terms stay undisclosed
Recykal added Sachin Tendulkar as a strategic investor after raising $23 million in June 2026, but the deal value, ownership stak…
$124 Trillion Is Changing Hands — and Much of It Sits in Jewelry Boxes
Cerulli estimates $124 trillion will transfer through 2048. Much of it sits in jewelry — and heirs can't tell a $200 piece from a…
UW-Madison puts entrepreneurship at the center of the symposium
UW-Madison’s fifth annual Sustainability Symposium linked campus research with market-based approaches to agriculture, hospital e…
Texas Startup Element3 Turns Oil Wastewater Into Lithium at 3,000 Tons a Year
Element3's Midland plant, opened in February, is the first new U.S. lithium extraction facility since the 1960s — and it feeds on…
DUT Student Thokozani Buthelezi Heads to Guangzhou Finals
DUT's Thokozani Buthelezi, whose Myco-Feeds turns agricultural waste into mushrooms, competes in the GISU finals in Guangzhou on…
Banking on Bricks: An Entrepreneur's Business Case for Plastic Waste
A South China Morning Post feature profiles an entrepreneur turning plastic waste into bricks, arguing the venture works as a bus…
Perennial Polymers Turns City Leaves Into Biodegradable Plastic
Startup Perennial Polymers extracts lignin and cellulose from city-collected autumn leaves to make biodegradable plastic, skippin…
Neu Battery Materials Raises US$7.6 Million for Lithium Recycling
Lithium battery recycling startup Neu Battery Materials has raised US$7.6 million in its latest funding round, The Business Times…
Swindon Founder Bets Reusable Crates Can Displace 8 Million Boxes
Richard Howe, 27, has launched Crate Crew in Swindon, renting recycled-polypropylene moving crates rated for hundreds of uses as…